Two facing drug charges after complaint about possible drunken driver in Farmington Hills

Two Detroit residents are facing drug-related charges after Farmington Hills police responded to a complaint about a possible drunken driver leaving a party store just after midnight June 10.

A caller who described the vehicle and was following it reported to dispatch that the vehicle had gotten onto the freeway going the wrong way. The caller followed the vehicle on I-275 southbound to Eight Mile, then headed north on Haggerty. That was when the caller lost sight of the vehicle.

Officers heading westbound on Grand River near 10 Mile reported seeing a vehicle matching the description of the suspected drunken driver eastbound on Grand River. The officers were able to verify the license plate matched that provided by the caller.

The vehicle pulled into the Knights Inn, 37527 Grand River, and was stopped by officers. The driver, a Detroit man, told police his girlfriend had been thrown out of her house and they were going to rent a room for the night.

Asked about his erratic driving, the man told police he wasn't familiar with the area and had been getting some weird directions from the GPS, which wasn't working properly.

As he talked with the driver, the officer reported he didn't observe any indications that the man had been drinking. However, he did note the odor of marijuana coming the from the vehicle. The driver reported that he had smoked marijuana a few hours earlier.

The man, 22, was ticketed for possessing narcotics paraphernalia after officers recovered a glass marijuana pipe containing residue from the man's pocket. He told the officers he doesn't have a medical marijuana card.

The passenger, 20, allowed officers to search her purse. Officers reported finding 382 whole and 58 partial Xanax tablets. The woman told police she did not have a prescription of the drugs and was arrested for possessing a synthetic narcotics.

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